UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-8018

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
EDWIN ALLEN HARPER, a/k/a Eddie,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. John Preston Bailey,
Chief District Judge. (3:07-cr-00049-JPB-DJJ-3)

Submitted:

January 14, 2010

Decided:

January 22, 2010

Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edwin Allen Harper, Appellant Pro Se.

Paul Thomas Camilletti,
Assistant United States Attorney, Martinsburg, West Virginia,
for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:
Edwin
courts

order

Allen

Harper

accepting

the

seeks

to

appeal

recommendation

of

the
the

district
magistrate

judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. 2255 (West Supp.

2009) motion.
justice

or

The order is not appealable unless a circuit

judge

issues

certificate

U.S.C. 2253(c)(1) (2006).

not

issue

absent

constitutional
prisoner

satisfies

reasonable

jurists

constitutional

28

this
would

claims

by

appealability.

28

A certificate of appealability will

substantial

right.

of

showing

U.S.C.

the

the

denial

2253(c)(2)

standard
find

of

by

that

district

(2006).

demonstrating

any

assessment

court

is

of

a
A

that

of

the

debatable

or

wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district

court is likewise debatable.

Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S.

322, 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000);
Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001).

We have

independently reviewed the record and conclude that Harper has

not

made

the

certificate
dispense

of

with

requisite

showing.

appealability
oral

argument

and

Accordingly,
dismiss

because

the

the

we

deny

appeal.

facts

and

a
We

legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the

court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED
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